St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-02-26
Scraps of sports.

There will be a ten-hour race on ice at the
carnival skating rink, corner Broadway and
Ninth streets, Saturday, MarcN 5, between
Rudolph Guet champion long distance
skater of America; William Burnett, cham
pion of Colorado; E. J. Murphy, champion of
St. Paul, G. Sherwood and other fast skaters.
One hundred and Seventy-fve dollars will be
given for prizes, Sl00 to first, $50 to second and
S25 to third. The management will endeavor to
have Paulson. the famous Norwegian skater,
compete. This race will be open to all
skaters. Entries must be made before Fri
day, March 4, at the rink. Efforts will be
made to break all previous records from to
100 miles.
The members of the Detroit team almost to
man are opposed to the usual gymnasium
practice as means of putting themselves in
trim for the seasons work. They say that
the exercise ordinarily taken in a gymnasium
does them more harm than good. The vet
eran Jim White is especially opposed to it.
HIS lGea is too keep the muscles in healthy
condition during the winter with pair of
light dumb bells, and to throw ball Occa-
sionally If the occasion presents himself.
Richard Hale, for Mile. Louise Armaindo,
says in reply TO Grant Bells challenge: 1.-THE
lady will ride Mr. Bell a six days, twelve
hours day, race for $3.50 a side. at any time
within the next three weeks, at the Washing
ton rink, Minneapolis. The same offer is
open to Fred Straub, of Faribault who
Wednesday evening defeated Armaindo in q
fifty mile race" Armaindo claims that
Straub defeated her more by. trick riding than
by speed as the track was seventeen laps to
the mie.''
Serad, who will be one of the Cincinnati
pitchers next season, has been practicing
under the new pitching rules at his home in
Chester, and he says they will make
heavier batting and will affect every pitcher
in the country excepting Ferguson and
Daley, of the Phiadelphias. Shindle, of the
Detroits, who is also living in Chester, has
been batting Serads delivery, and be shares
his opinion as to the effect upon the pitchers.
The Wisconsin Central brought the Black
Diamond and his crowd up to st. Paul few
days ago, when the Diamond came up to fight
Billy Wilson. Itwas expected however, that
when they went back to Chicago they would
return by the same route. This they did not
do, but through some manipulation not fully
understood they went back to Chicago yester-
day noon on the Milwaukee u St. Paul.
A six-round glove fight was arranged yes
terday between George LaBlanche. the Ma
rine, and Mart Fahey, of Minneapolis. for Ca
purse of S150, to take place at the Washing
ton rink. Minneapolis, next Friday night,
after the Killen-Mc Donald fight.
Said colored sport yesterday, speaking of
the Wiison-Woodson fight: IF Wilson had
caught the Diamond with that upper cut in
the fourth or fifth round, when he had Wood
son back near the ropes, it would have been
a Knockout blow. sure
A twenty-five mile bicycle race between
Fred Straub. of Faribault. and Grant Bell, of
Minneapolis, for S25 side will take place at
the rink in Faribault, Saturday, March IL.
Mcdonald, who was behind Billy Wilson at
the fight Thursday night, says that the only
trouble with Billy is that he doesn't know
how to handle his feet.
The Black Diamond aud King, his backer,
left last night for Chicago